Tires 2015 HST Filled Tires?
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driver444
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I have a 2015 gear drive with filled tires.
They use a few different things to fill tires. Calcium, winshield washer fluid, ant-freeze, and foam to name a few. Most tire places (especially agricultural) fill tires. The dealer I bought my tractor from did mine for me (no charge).
Also there are kits available at major auto parts stores to do it yourself, though I never had any experience with it.
Filled tires make ALL the difference in the world.
They use a few different things to fill tires. Calcium, winshield washer fluid, ant-freeze, and foam to name a few. Most tire places (especially agricultural) fill tires. The dealer I bought my tractor from did mine for me (no charge).
Also there are kits available at major auto parts stores to do it yourself, though I never had any experience with it.
Filled tires make ALL the difference in the world.
art
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driver444 said:
Weight on the rear makes all the difference in the world and the best weight is not liquid filled tires!
When you make a mistake with them it costs more then steel and a tractor doesn't perform as well with liquid!
driver444
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I agree with the weight part Art. There's plenty of ways to add weight. The main reason I like the filled tires (as much as I like wheel weights) is that the added weight isn't carried by the rear axle and 3ph as it is with a weight box. But I think we'd both agree that the Mahindra 2015 (as heavy as it is) certainly needs the extra weight especially if you use the loader alot.
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art said:
Art could you please give us a little more insight on this ?
Maybe im missing something
Thank You Ernie
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tractorErnie said:Art could you please give us a little more insight on this ?
Maybe im missing something
Thank You Ernie
Yea, what gives with that? I agree that weights are great b/c you can always take them off, and they are not as susceptible to damage. But since tires only get filled to 75-80% anyway, the center-of-gravity is even a little lower than steel weights during normal operation. So, in that regard, I say the perform better than wheel weights. Maybe you're thinking about the viscosity of the fluid or something? I honestly don't think my 2015 notices that.
My 2015 HST has filled tires and I wouldn't be without them. The only wheel weights I could find were either some hokey ones I found from TSC or steel ones which were expensive and stuck out on the sides a bit - increasing my overall clearances - which I don't need.
In my case, I needed a smaller tractor to get into all the areas I need to work. I have even had to take off the box scraper to do some work in a little courtyard. It was a real mound of dirt I needed to move out of there, sure glad I didn't have to hire it done. I couldn't have done it safely without the filled tires.
There was a TBN member who recently stated his preference for a weight box vs filled rears. His opinion was filled rears make the front axle the pivot point and that could lead to front axle damage, rather than weight on the 3pt which he stated would shift some of that balance to the rear axle. I have no idea if there is merit to this or not.
bindian
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I would love to fill my tires and I would if I didn't have a BH. I can't fill the tires with the BH because the weight would over gross my trailer. I had the BH off the other day for the first time and WOW....I felt that loader in the seat of my pants! I hooked up the rotary cutter and felt better. Filled tires definitely have a lower CG over add on weights. Oh yeah.....foam is added in lieu of air to not have flats. Works great...........till you try to take the tire off of the rim.
hugs, Brandi
I can't fill the tires with the BH because the weight would over gross my trailer. I had the BH off the other day for the first time and WOW....I felt that loader in the seat of my pants! I hooked up the rotary cutter and felt better. Filled tires definitely have a lower CG over add on weights. Oh yeah.....foam is added in lieu of air to not have flats. Works great...........till you try to take the tire off of the rim. hugs, Brandi
Dougster
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Wouldn't the center of gravity actually be the same for equal weight added: wheel weights (or weight box at axle centerline height) vs. filled tires assuming uniformly distributed foam and not half-filled liquid?bindian said:
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art
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Sorry I missed you guys. The steel weights on wheels is just as good as the liquid and you can get by with less because it doesn't hinder the tire flex which is what actually hurts traction.
To say the liquid is better because it is lower I question the differerence, both steel and liquid still use the same shaft or axle to attach to the tractor. To use a three point hitch weight does remove load from the front axle using the rear axle as a pivot.
To say the liquid is better because it is lower I question the differerence, both steel and liquid still use the same shaft or axle to attach to the tractor. To use a three point hitch weight does remove load from the front axle using the rear axle as a pivot.
